I know it's trite but JPL has a ring. J Programming Language (with a nod to A Programming Language) or Jeneral Purpose Language
On Tue, May 9, 2023, 17:21 'Nollaig MacKenzie' via Programming < programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > "APL-J" would suit me. > > On 09/05/2023 at 2:14 PM, "Henry Rich" wrote:You can't beat a horse > with no horse. What name do you suggest? > > Henry Rich > > On 5/9/2023 4:56 PM, Richard Donovan wrote: > > One of the most frustrating things about J is its name! For example, > on Stack Exchange code review it seems impossible to search for any J > articles, comments, code snippets etc. and I could suggest that rather > than bother about whether to call the latest version J4, J904 etc > which is trivial, you do something really useful such as change the > name of the language to something sensible that can be searched upon. > I know that in the past radical changes have been made to J eg > changing x. and y. to x and y and I also know that a change of name > would take a while to filter through but I do feel that eventually > this change would have incredible benefits, similar to the recent long > overdue introduction of sensible error messages which has been a real > boon to me! > > > > Richard Donovan > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
